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Re: Registration 2011

Thanks for the kind words Kevin and the rest of you.

The best bet for NYC is to talk to someone at FIRST and maybe the Regional Director Ana Martinez in NYC to see what may be happening.

NYC let one team off it's waitlist this past Thursday, but there's no telling where they've drawn the line or how many other teams are on their waitlist.
It looks like there might be up to two more NYC teams that normally attend, but don't show up on the event list (yet).
Complicating matters are some NYC teams that could not get into their traditional LI Regional this year. I imagine across the board FIRST will eventually ask waitlist teams if they can move to open slots at other area events.

They have plenty of room in the Javits Center, but looking back at their match turn-around last year they ran late by about an hour and a half each day of the Qualifiers/Finals, and they still only got in 8 matches rather than the average 10 most other events managed. That might mean FIRST will be leery of adding too many more teams.

P.S.
Michigan has been adding teams today filling out more of Waterford and Niles, plus four other teams in Livonia and Troy.
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